Tricolia miniata

Short description: Species of gastropod

Tricolia miniata

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Vetigastropoda
Order:  | Trochida
Superfamily:  | Trochoidea
Family:  | Phasianellidae
Genus:  | Tricolia
Species:  |

T. miniata

Binomial name
Tricolia miniata

(Monterosato, 1884) [1]

Tricolia miniata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description

## Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off Portugal, off the Strait of Gibraltar and in the Southern Mediterranean Sea, found on brown algae Cystoseira tamariscifolia (Hudson) Papenfuss, 1950.

## References

1. ↑ Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
2. ↑ Tricolia miniata (Monterosato, 1884). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.

* Gofas S. (1982). The genus Tricolia in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Journal of Molluscan Studies 48: 182–213
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

## External links

* "Tricolia miniata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_5875.shtml.

Wikidata ☰ Q10828003 entry

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